Historic Shreveport Mercy Center houses for the homeless get face-lift

12:39 AM,
Jan. 30, 2014

Renovations are being made at the Mercy Houses.

Written by

Michael Doughty

People familiar with the Texas Avenue area west of downtown Shreveport near Municipal Auditorium also may recall a series of impressive, albeit deteriorating, century-old houses nearby along Austin Place.

Two of the wooden structures are part of Shreveport Mercy Center, a supportive housing facility for the homeless operated by the Philadelphia Center.

For the past six weeks, the houses have been empty as renovators work to restore the historic structures with the help of a generous grant from Shreveport. ...